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or implement a process that prompts the person installing the image to provide all
necessary user settings near the beginning of the installation process. The settings
are stored and provided to the Windows setup program when needed. This feature
minimizes the amount of time that someone needs to be present at a target
computer during the installation process.
Ultra-Portable Images are typically limited to a single-partition installation. During
the installation process, any unused disk space is made into a single C partition,
and the Ultra-Portable Image is installed in that partition. However, if you need to
create one or more additional partitions, you can create a unique type of
operating-system module called a partitioning module and set the sequence of the
installation so the partitioning module is installed before the base operating-system
module. The partitioning module contains all of the information required to create
the additional partition and all of the data to be placed in the additional partition.
You also use partitioning modules to delete one or more existing partitions on a
target computer before the new image is installed.
For more information about preparing modules, see Chapter 8, “Preparing source
files for modules,” on page 137.
Portability of an Ultra-Portable Image
From a technical perspective, the same base operating-system module and most
application modules can be used on virtually any personal computer. The high
portability of the Ultra-Portable Image is limited only by the PID assigned to a
base operating-system module.
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I386 base operating-system modules and Windows Vista or Windows 7
UNATTEND.XML modules that you develop through the ImageUltra Builder
program are virtually hardware independent and limited only by the licensing
agreement between you and the Microsoft Corporation that is associated with
the PID you assign. You specify the PID in an associated UNATTEND.TXT
module in Windows XP or an UNATTEND.XML module in Windows Vista or
Windows 7 either as the Product ID setting in the Windows 2000 version of the
UNATTEND.TXT file or the ProductKey setting in the Windows XP version of
the UNATTEND.TXT file. Additional information about the UNATTEND.TXT
and UNATTEND.XML modules, and UNATTEND.TXT and UNATTEND.XML
source files is discussed later in this user guide.
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ImageUltra-developed base-operating-system modules that you import from a
new Lenovo branded personal computer can be used on other Lenovo branded
personal computers only, not on non-Lenovo branded computers.
For a listing of Lenovo branded HIIT-enabled personal computers, go to the
ImageUltra Web site at:
Note:
Do not install an Ultra-Portable Image that contains an imported,
ImageUltra-developed base operating-system module on a non-Lenovo
branded computer. If you attempt to install an Ultra-Portable Image on a
non-Lenovo branded computer, the deployment and installation should
complete without error; however, you might be violating terms of the
Microsoft Windows End User License Agreement and the license
agreement for this product. Also, in the case of Windows XP, an
Ultra-Portable Image containing an imported ImageUltra-developed base
operating-system module will work for only 30 days after installation on
a non-Lenovo branded computer. After 30 days, Microsoft will require
you to register the operating system and computer to activate the image.
The same Ultra-Portable Image will only work for 14 days when installed
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